Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Buddy Knox Long Lonely Nights ST (mono)
Cal* Bostic In Love Again (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Show and Tell Love Serenade
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Albert Jones* Thank Goodness The Facts of Life
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Aarons And Ackley* Sailor Song ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Ellen McIlwaine Mossy Dream Fear Itself
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Ellen McIlwaine All to You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ernie* Smith Take Your Time To Behold Jah
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Matt* Lucas Herpes Blues Matt Gets Blue
Alpha Centauri Love is a Curse ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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